cpu help

Monster ninja · 13 Dec 2010 at 13:02

hey guys
buying a MOBO/RAM/cpu for

xmas

but i dont have a clue witch cpu
the PC will be used for gaming crysis, Flight sim X ect i Will be overclocking and water cooling so i would like a black ed

budget of £450

i was thinking or the X4 970 or the X6 1100T

ram:
Corsair Vengeance 8GB (2x4GB) DDR3 PC3-15000C9 1866MHz Dual Channel Kit (CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9) [CMZ8GX3M2A1866C9]

mobo:
Asus Crosshair IV Formula AMD 890FX (Socket AM3) DDR3 Motherboard [90-MIBCN0-G0EAY00Z]

thanks guys

Kavalree · 13 Dec 2010 at 13:05

Budget?

Also I'm not too sure if that RAM with work with that board, board doesn't say if it takes that speed RAM. Could me and probably, wrong.

DragonQ · 13 Dec 2010 at 13:11

Why get a 1100T? Get a 1090T and a good cooler, then clock that mofo!

cmndr_andi · 13 Dec 2010 at 13:12

Hi there,

I was under the impression that for FSX the best CPU to go for at the minute was an intel i7. Mainly due to the faster clock-for-clock performance and enough cores (4 cores/8 threads). Have you considered going down this route?

Also, the next generation "sandy bridge" CPUs and motherboards are out on January 9th - do you think you could wait (maybe get gift vouchers so you have something on christmas day) and go for this instead - as these chips will be even faster than current i7s.

Monster ninja · 13 Dec 2010 at 13:13

a quote from custom pc review on Asus Crosshair IV formula page 55 issuse 082

"memory support 4 solts:max 16gb DDR3 (2000mhz)"

also i will not buy intel :cool:

....Edit.... going to have to go with a 970 or 965 to stay in budget